

The most commonly cited one is Konnichiwa, but knowing that is time specific,
can it be used generically in all hours of the day as a "hello" instead of a
specific "good afternoon"? Ohayou and Konbanwa doesn't seem to hold the same
nuance to me as a standard greeting and more of greeting your coworkers or
friends in the morning/evening.

Any generic greetings like these informal greetings such as 'domo' or 'osu' or
'ya/yo'?


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Generic Japanese greeting new people?


Domo and yo works (osu sounds weird unless you are both in a martial arts
club. Ya as an informal greeting is archaic). You can also use ou.


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